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KEOWEE COURIER. " TO THINE OWN SELF DE TRUE, AND IT MUST FOLLOW, AH THE NIGHT THE DAY, THOU CAN'ST NOT THEN UE FALSE TO ANY MAN." VOL. L PICKENS COURT HOUSE, S. C., FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 1850. ' TIIE KCOWI2I2 COURIER, riltNTKD AND runU&IIKD VEKXLI DY W. II. TRTMMIEH. J. W. NORIitS, Jr., ) 1(,... ? K. M. KEITH, ) KdltorflTERMS. One Dollar nriil Fifty Coiiti for olio yenr'a nnbtcrintion when within tlir?? month*, Tvvn " * - i u.iviuoni u| delayed to the close of the subscription year. All subscription* not clearly limited, will be ci n?i lere I us tiilt le for fin in fctiuite time, nml c nMuueil till a discontinuance is orilored nml a . aveara^es pat 1. A InertiwtftetU* inserted at 75 cents per Rfpinre for the l?r-*t insertion, nml 37 1-2 ctw. for fea'jnContinued insertion. Liberal deduction.i ma lo to tho<o a lvertlslnj by the vcur. tw All Onm nunicUions should be address *<1 to the Publisher po.s& paid. From the Washington (Jnifv?. REV. MR. BUTLER'S KlINvn <n ..tc COL1 USE. "We copy from tin* Republic < f yesterday, the following discourse of tilt; llev. | Mr. Butler, delivered over the remains of j Mr Calhoun, in the Senate chamber on Tu&sdtfy l ist: j "I lmvc pnul yc (ire god", rn 1 nil of you are children of the Most High; but ye shall die like men, and fdl like one of the prince?."?Pt. IxMii. 0 and 7. One of the princes i-; fallen! A prince in intellect; a piinec in bis p\>ay over: hearts and minds; u prince in the wealth I or his own gOn^iousaifFi-eiions, and in the rich revenue of ncimiiing love poured into his heart; a princr in the dignity of hi< demeanor. This prince has fallen? fallfcn! And ye all, his fiiendsmid peer?, i'lustrious statesmen, orators and wnriiotv, "I hnve sn d ve are g >ds, and all of you an* child i en of the Most High: but vc shall d:e like men. and fall like this cue of tinprinces." The primes of the honored dend hnve bc< n. he e and elsewhcie, fitly spoken. The hejmtifidly bended benignity, dignitv, simplicity, and purity of ihe hush nd, the fniher,? nd tho friend; tin- integiiiy, sagacity. nnd energy ??f the statesman; the higTi-wioght xigor, the compressed intenseness, tl e direct and rapid logic of the orator?ill ihefe have been vividlv portrayed by tho<e who illustrate what thev desctil p. Theie seems to lintel still mound tl.i-hnll echoes of the voices which h:>vc so fiiitlifully sketched the life, so happily di-ciiminnled the power , ? (? nftVciionati-lv eulogized the virtues of the departed, thnt the Mum? of Ilis'oiy wi'l note down the words as the outline of her futun* lof y nnrtn'iiv, her nice analysis, and her gl< wing praise. Hut the echo of tho*c eulogies dies nwav. yfll that was mor al of their horn oreff object lies hero, unconscious in the theatre ot his glory. "Lord of the lion heart and eagle eye," there he lies?that strong heart still; that blight eye dim ! A not her voice claims vour oar. The min; * If * - - ~ wcr 01 uon, standing over the dead, is tent to pnv, "I wild ye are god*. and all of you are the children of the Mo-?t High; but ve shall die like men, and fall like one I of the princes." lie is sent to remind you that there rtre those here, not visible to the eye of sense, who are g eater than the greatest?even Death and Death's Lo;id a\d Mastek) Death is here. I sec him stand over his prostrate victim, and grimly smile, and shake his unsaled spear, an ! bid us all ut'f end this day on bin. He U king to-day, find lends us all captive in his train to swell his triumph, and procl-iim his power. And there is no visitant that enn.stand before the soul of mm with fuel) el :im? on l.U awed, intent, and teachable at'ention. When, as on n day nnd in h scene like this, he holds us in hU piesenee, and bids us hear him, who can time disregard this mandate? Oh! there is no thought, or fact, having reference to this brief scene of things, however it f.owe wi h ?\ port nnd torn; ?>f dignity and power, which dots not dwindle into meanness ii? the pre.-ence of that groat fart, that great thought, which ?n?,enterod into the Capitol to-day?death! To be r.iadc to see that, by n liw perfectly inevitable nnd ineligible, jo I ah b.*Jy an* sooh to separate; that this busy scene ??f earth in to be suddenly and f.rover left; that this human soul is to bre;d thro' the circle, of warm, coageni d, ftmiliir, and kindred sympathies associations, and to nut rffr all tdo^ into the silent d irk?llUM is the nv*s.'ige to us of death. And as* this message i?spoken to a soul which is conscjoiH of >H1, which know.-; thn? it Ivw not ti itself rt'soirce* f??r s?lfpurification arid sclf-smtaining joy and pongc. which realizes retiibu i -n an an etortnl, moral law, it eonies fraught with the utii? i which causes it t<? be dismissed, or which lodges it in the soul?a visitant whose first coming is g! torn, but whoac f j continued p.esence shall ho glory. Then ' the spi it, peering with intense earnest- 1 ne.<8 into the du-k unknown, mnv in vnin question earth of the destiny of the soul beyond the grnve, and left to Heaven the I passionate invocn ion? "yltuWcr me, burning ??tnr* of right, Whore hn? flu* spirit one, Which paved the reach of mortal sights I lC'en n<* a hrcoxo hnth flown f A -1 i< ? itiki iuu oinrt mtswer Hint, Wo roll t In pomp and power on high, ' , I?nt of the hover-dying Mini vi;<k things thatcannot diet" "Things that cannot <iie!"' God can t only tell us of tho spirit-world. Ho ns- ^ surcs ns, by his Son, that, death is the child of sin. lie tolls whnt is the power , of this Icing of terrors. He shows us j "that in Adam all die." /A- deel ires to s us that, sinful by nature and by practice, f we nie condemned to death; that we are ~ <1 unlit for Ileaven; tint wo nro con>iirn?d <; to wo; that thu destiny of tin* soul which , remains thus condemned and unchanged t is far drearier and more dreadful bov'ond than this side the ave. No wonder | that men k|hitik fiom the thought of (h'alh. for all his messages are woful and appalling. But, thanks he to God! thonsrh death hi- here, so also is death's Lord and Ma-- < ter. "As in Ad im all die, oven so in t I C'h list shall all hem idealivo." TlmtSi* vinill*. Hlliul !?' 11 1 , m unit II11 WHO ro- f1 pent, and for^ko the!" sin>4, who bell -ve <, in Him and live to Him, sh ill ri<e to n (j life glorious and elcnal with 7/im nnd v His in /Tea? n. /A* tells us that if we c are Hi-*, thove "harp shafts which death j ? rattles in our ear to-day shall hut trnn fix. j, and but for a season, the garment of our n mortality: and that the emancipated spir- ^ its of the lignteous shall be borne on an- s tjel wings to that peaceful Paradise s where they shall enjoy perpotual re-t and felicity. Then it need not bo a voice j, of gloom which announces to us to-day, w "Ye shall die as men, nnd fall as one of the . n ptinces;" for it toll-* us tlint. the humblest 0 of men may be made equal to the nngcls, v nnd that earth's princes nrny bocomo n "kings and priests unto God." j, In the presence of these a'mp'c t, yet t grandest truths; with these thoughts of j, death and the conqueror of death; and, ^ above all, with this splendid trophy of hit ^ power, proudly held up to our view by ,| death to-day, f need utter to you no com* j, mon-plaoc on the vanity of life, theincvi- n U\\ leness of death, and the solemnities of our ntyerhcipg, //ere, and now. on this ^ theme. thnsili?nt ilmul io . to J" \ MV-MMIJ4 Hi yilU u mo- n imp es ively linn could the most eloquent of the living. You feel it now, in your inmost heirts, tint that great up- (, per range of thing* with which you are t j connected as immortals: that moral adI ministration of Ood which stretches over .. the infinite of exisfe ice; that magnificent c system of ordered governments, to whose t lower range we n-vw belong; which eon- c sistsof >hrones. dominions, piincipali.ios, t and powers, which rise, t "Orb o'er orb, nntl height o'er height," ! t to the enthroned Supreme; you fe 1 that h this, your high relation to the Infinite and t Eternal, nvikes poor and low the most 5 august '"td tmposinir scene-* and dign ties r of cart it, which flirt like > through y^irsHiid ren. Uliihap- \ py if tlie vivivl sentiment of-the hour shall heeome the actuating conviction of your t lift;! 7/appy if it- take it* pl ice in the ct'rt- I t o of th?' soul. and inform nil the thoughts i the tellings, nnd the alms of life! Then shall this l??\vrr system of human thing* r l>e con-cinuslv linked to, nnd b? c< me 1 part of, and rake glory from, tha* spi.itual splice which, all unseen, encloses us, i whose nr to- s nnd wnifti arc ang(js nnd archangels, and all the company of //eav- r en. Then wouUJ that bo permanently t | felt by all, which w in hero and in the i (itliiir cli milwi' uoctrt ,l.m ? ? "1 ' * - ' , ,vo^mh?j W lU.jlK'lll IV \ , expressed. that "VnIn aro the personal ; ! nbifes and part v contests in which you j | daily enjpge, in view of Jjhe great ae- ! count which you may ho noon be called ? on lo itinderj'Vand that "it is unbeeom- 4 ing fthd pfosumptuous in thoso who aro | the lorints of rtn hour in tljjnjl earthly a- 1 hocae, to wrestle and struggle together { w|fh a violence which woul I not heju?- 1 tifiihle ?- It were your poipotunl hnre." I Then,'a* wo saw to-d ?y, the sisrer tatex. t by their ro^'osentative*, linked hand nndj hand won id the hier of one i > who*e < fame thoy all claim a sh ire, wo should t fee! th it we, saw you engaged in a s icramontof religions patriotism, whflgo ipon- 1 taneou* unpremedi itcd pith, f.nriuiring ( CI'AM t'Anv* lui !! ? '*? unto H?* iv?n, m??l Unioi, now nnd f(?i*vor, orio Hnrf m*cp irubl"." j But I must no longer detain you. M.iy , wo nil ( 'S > II vo. thi* whon our Mimtion* corner to join i Th? iiininienble enrAvnn that movo< rJ\\ that nk /rttertnm ronltn. vrhen ouch shall tftko < IIis dumber in the silent IiiUIh Of death, I Wo go not lilfo tho qunriy kIavo at night < ' " . " ? Soourged to our dungeon', but sustained and soothed Uv nn unfaltering tru?t, approach our grave Like one that wrap? the drapery of lit* coueh About him, nn.l lio.< down tonleusunt dreams." Washington, April 3. IN SENATE. ti1k lath john c. calhoun. Mr. C.1ss- Mr - 1 |JiC>l'IIL j he following resolution, and ask its immeIinte and unanimous consideration. This < dun not loss to the memory of him we tave lost, than to the feelings of the counry in whose service ho pas cd a life vithoutspot and without reproach. Rtsotvcl, Th it tin Committee of Arangenv nts be directed to cause to he mhlUhcd, in a pamphlet form, nnr] in uch irtmnor iis m iy seem appropriate, or the u^e of the Senate, thousnd copies >?f the addresses m ulo by tiie Innate, toother with the discourse of , Itn 1?.. ... .v. .. i > . liuin'r, unm me occasion oi I hedeithof tin* Ho-!. Jo1u? C. Onlhoun. The Vice President. Willi what numicr shall the .blank bo filled? Mr. Badger.- /on Thousand. Mr. Unas I accept that number. The resolution was then adopted. M *. Mason. 1 rise to state to the senate that, a# chtiirmnn of the commitccappointed to supeijntend the funeral ; eceived a letter addressed to mc by the ' i- Iv mdnYbbr of the fimil vof the decea-*- ! (1 who w is in this city at the time of hi.s oath. lie informed mo that it, was hi /i>h lint the remains of our hi men ted olloague, for tho present, should beplaed in tho vault uppiopiiated for such mrposes hy Congress, to await their revival to South Carolina. I informed im. of course, that Mich di<|.o-ition hould be made of them as his family de? ired. T -i 1 -? r.. 1 IIMM- Iin-imu II Hi- miu appropriate?i view of the distinguished honors which fere piiid to the illustiious statesman on he occasion of hi* decease, and in view f the long, illustrious nd unspotted scrice to hi * country, which h-is been rct'oritl to by the Senator from Michigan; and \ connection with llie fact that duiing hat jhiMIc Ferxice ol nearly forty years, c was twice called hy the people of the rmln.l 1 -<v.? ? ..... u uviiiV^ ??? mn nvbOii'i HIUCU III IIIC ii?vcrnm<'nt. that of presiding officer in lis h >dy??t' ft' the fur hwr honor .vhoujd | e paul to hi* .memory, whi-n his rem qs iv transferred to his native Stnt', there i m hVj^le with the snil he loved .so much, lint they should he attended by ft oomlitti i* of the Senate. In that view, I of2r the following resolution: Resolved, /Is a mark of respect enteruined by the Senate for the mernorv of lie 1 ito John Caldwell Calhoun, a Sena I it r* f?l - ' ,, ... x....xmiiim, ?i|i\i iur ins lOllfif ncl distin^ui'lu'd hervico in the public ouneils, that l?i^ rctn.urja be remove , nt he pfe;i>mr?* of hij surviving family, in barge of the .Serje int-nt-Arms and ntended bv n committee of the Sen-le, to he nl ice designated for their interment in he rxMom of hi* native 8tjite; and that uch committee, to consist of ? Stumors, be appointed by tho Pr?>u!ertt of the I.,it .1.. uklt.'i ol. .11 i f-o 1 w, ii.? mi.?ii iiiiiit 11<11 jjinvtirio cary thu fo ;egoin# resolution into effect. Mr. jV.ison. 1 movo to fi.l the blank vitli the wo (1 "two." Mr. Da\is r.f Mississippi. I move hfit the numlier be six. Mr. M is >n. I acc.-pt the amendment n lieu of mv own motion. The motion to (ill the hi ink with tho lumber six, was agreed to, and the locution vviih adopted. Mr Butler. I desire to offer the follovv;ig resolution; Renoloed, 2'imt the Vice President bo cquctitcd to communicate to the Executive of the State of S>?uth Carolina, info.? nation of the death of the lion. John Q, Jnlhoun, bite a S viator from the t>aiJ Stale. 7'bo resolution Wi>r'ulopto.l. , Mt IJu lor. I U.'-irc to uffer another eaoluiioti, which is rather uf a private iharnctei*. Unsolved, That the Secretary of State je uirO'.'ted to pay, out of the contingent und, to Dr. John U. Calhoun, tson ot the ate John C Calhoun, whatever aurn may >o due Km estate for per diem compensuk?n nnd m:le ige. Mr. Uuiltfi". i'he huiu is a very small Mil?. hlr. s?? nu Alt J or &70. anil i snrmosi> .hurc will bis no objection to ll?U ?;ourbt_*. Thu/evolution w.is r.wid three several lUtiit and passe.I. Amendments of thi Constitution. Mt Underwoo.l. I ris^ to.present the joint resolution of Wlifoh 1 g ive no;ice n lew m >rning< since, in order tit it it may lie on the Uible nnd be p>inted. .://ereutter, when i tshnll jib's its reference, i shall beg loav<^ of thy Senate to state the ob* jeet I h ive, i.i pjcdeniing it. 7*hc rc oluti.vn in hh follow#; Ilesolted by the Senate and Houte of Representatives of (ho United States of America, in Conr/rtss assembled, jTlmt (hp following amendments to the constitution lio proposed nnd recommended to the Legislature of the several States for their ntitleatlon, to wit: Amend the seventh section of tho first ?? ? ? M ' arncie ny sinking out tlie words, two thirds of that House,' wherever they occur, nnd insert the w<rds, 'a ninjo'i;y of nil the mom hers to which the 7/ouse may Ik? enti led." Amend the first seetion of the sccond article hy inserting after the words, "fourteen veirsa resident of the United States,' the following wo-da. 'nor shall the person elected lie eligible to that office for the succeeding four yon>*> the expiration of tho term for which he was elected. Amend the fii-stsection of tho third article by adding thereto tho following, whenever a majoiitv of all the members of tho House of Representatives shall concur in an address to the President for the removal of any Judge, his oflice shall he vacant from the day of tho delivery of such address nnd the Prosid nt shall proceed to (ill the same in the manner prescribed l?y law.' Amend the constitution by the two ad clition 1 ariielo* following: A nr. 14. The tenure of ill offices, rind > the morion ?if removal from office shall he reguVited !>y htw: tlio?e eases ex< opted which shall bo provided for in the constitution. Art. 15. Senators and rep-eaontatives shall not be eligible to any office, on the nomination of the President, during the time for which they were respectively elected to serve in ilic Congress of the United States, and for two years next ensuing the expiration thereof: Provided however. The President may select the bends fif the Hon limnntc ?l.~ ...... ,,-f, IIUIII bllV II1UII1bers of Confess. Resolved, That when three-'burths of the Letfi-litures of the several States shall ratify the foregoing propped amendments, or anyone of them, the same, when so ratified, shall he valid, to nil intents and purposes, as part of the constitution. The resolution w;is l>>i I nn loi.t.. and ordered to be printed. v." . t , m NEWS BY TIIE EUROPA. Tho Mtviriicr Europe reached her wharf at New York on Saturday morning, an we have leceived our files of English papers toSiturday, March 23rd. The Queen has granted a pension to the wife of the poet Moore, of ?100 per nnnum. A proclamation (Wlares all party processions in Ireland illegal, and that thev will be put down by force. St. Patrick's day passed over quieilv in Ireland. The Chinese have delivered to the nuthoriiie* of Mnenothc head and hand of the lute governor. The overland nWil brings intelligence of a mutinous spirit having been shown by some Iiengal regiments in Lahore dis t let. A most destructive fire broke out nt Manchester on the 22nd ult. in the extensive pre nisos of Nfi-ssfa. Wood mid West head, of N \ 40 Piccadilly, Manehes ter. The loss is estimated to reach <?l00000. The premises and stock nro insured k There has been n grand banquet at the Mmwon House- in honor of the induatrid exhibition of 1851,at which neatly nil tlu* distinguished m ;n ,in Britain, England, France, were present. The Austrian* are fortifying themselves at Spole!o. The French are highly displeased at the appro ieh of the Austrian troops to Uorfie* lladetzky and his stafF arrived at Venice on the 9tn. At berlin, on the 18th, th?? anniversary of the* revolution, tho democratic chiefs issued procliimiitions to the people to ho 6n]jnt>,nnrJiteoom;neti led j|iem to refr.un from viaititij? tlt^r.?'meteri&^ftre the victims of the barricades were interred. The democratic journals appc.irrd with black borders. Precautions lot the preservation of order were taken by the rtutho/ities but there whs no disturbance. There h is been a large fi e ne ir tb<> London docks, in St. (ieorgc utreet, in which the extensive w?ir refbicriesof j Wuckerbarths <fc Co. were destroyed? lovs aboyt jGOO.OOO. There h id been several more fearflfl murders in Ireland. Singular Statement relative to the murder of Dr. Parknt'in.?The rumor that Dr. Webster was discovered over the i deid body prove* true. The student I wa* ictuming to tlxt lecture room for hi* overshot**, and found the door locked, lie then went down through the basement into the lower laboratory, Mid passed up stairs to cn'or the lecture room by *8 Dr. W.'s private door. Aa he got into > the upper laboratory, he ?a\v Dr. W. : st uuling over the corpse of Dr. P. Either l>v enlioatics or threats, the student was induced to take a solemn oath not to divulge what he lind seen, and the next day lie left foi homo down cast. A short time since he was trken with tho brain fevor, and in his delirium raved about the mysterious murder He called for a clergyman, and asked him if lie was hound to keep such an oath as he described. The result was that Vie divulged all to j the minister, who came to Boston and in1 fo. nu'd the government, but it was too late to u-^e tho evidence. P. 8.? T'/ie name of the medical student i-? Hedges. He belongs in Biidgcwiter, and i-ihe son of a minister. During the excitement ::nd trial he hud been in M lint, I >'l is now in Boston. The 10nnvt r*t% r...?l.^.'.? - |,w v .. w., ^?mu Huiin ?i uy !) . IPehs'er's family visited him this afternoon nnd werp left a few moments in his cell. The interview was painful. BARRET 1)E\D. We find the following item in the BidtimoreSun. We doubt whe.h-r the walls of the Spartanburg jail are either dinip or unwholesome: "John M. Harret, Esq., who wis arrested in South Carolina on suspicion of being opposed to slavery, and subsequently released on bail, died at Dublin, Indiana, on the 23d. 7he Ne?v Castlo Courier says he died of a disease brought on by loivj confinement within the damp and unwholesome walls of a southern prison." An Ingenious SuiaiJc.?Sir WilliaiYi Hankfo^d had been a well conducted man, but he was of a melancholy temperament, and ho became tired of life, notwithstanding the high position he occupied, nn?! the respect in whi. h ho \*as held. Ho wished to 'shuttle off ibis mortal coil,* but he was afraid to commit suioide in vulgar way, i?.t the time when u verdict of fclo do sc always followed such an act, and tho body of tbo supposed delinquent was buried in a cr m read, T/ith a stake thrust through it. He at last resorted to this novel exnfidipnt. liv !?*? not only that the forfeiture of his good* would be saved, but that his family would escape the anguish r.'nd the same aiding from the belief that be had fallen by his own hand. Several of his deer : having been stolen, hegavo st?ict orders ' to his keeper to shoot any person he met within or near the park at night who would "ot stand when challenged. Ho then, in the dark night, threw himself in the keeper's way, and refusing to stand when challenged, win shot dead on the spot. ?o? Dratii dy Spontaneous Combcstick. ?Ihe following extraordinary occurrcncc is rein ted in the Gazettes des Tiibunauxt "A few days ngo in n tavern near the Barrriera do I'Etoile, a journeyman pain* tcr, named Xavier C , well known for hi.s intemperate habits, while drinking with some comrade*, laid a wager that he would cat a lighted candle, ilia bet was taken, and acarcely had he introduced the flaming candle to his mouth when he uttered a slight oty, and fell powerless to the ground. A blucish flame was seen to fliuker about his Hps, and, on an attempt being made to render him assistance, the by3tanders were norror sirucK to nmi mat na was burning iuternfllly. At ihc end of halfan houi his hci'd and the uppef pait of his head and cheat were reduced to charcoal. Two medical men wore called in, and recognised that Xavier had fallen a .victim to spontaneous combustion. This confri ijmiion of ihe human framok frightfully rapid in lis progress; bones, skin, and muscle are all devou?ed, consumed and red ueed to ashes A handfull of dust on. ?w'iero l' v*ct'm ^ 'a that" A cliscMi&y^ of u chcmic.il nature,, which seems to ftfettfeu} some interest nt the Weat, has be q nut^R^y ? Mr. (terpen c-, of Pontuic, a j". milli'r, consisting of vwoc??t4h prepftr in^j ?rhu4t for flouring; thv^pplMDn^ wh?eh m to tRU?o the g nin to palv?rizd so inu. h more readily, thai in giindirur. considerable les? power or piosmikc of t!ho mill stone h neeessnry in Deducing it to the required fineness. Dr. Dediioyera, of Detroit, uccompyitig hU report of an an.tlvsis of some flour made from what ?ui>jt*ci?u 10 mw proees*, says; -Ano gluten was very fine, being exceedingly tough nnd elaMiu, qualities etoentiai to xaccessful pnnifkatfori." Mr. Carpenter Iiiijs taken steps to procure letters-patent for liia dfcooveiy.